I hope he wins, but I’m guessing first thing they’re doing is saying “He signed a forced arbitration clause, and here’s the 42 places in the ToS where he signed that he was okay with it”, and the judge will throw it out
A lot of arbitration clauses can be opted out of. This was the case with most of my credit card agreements when I was reading through them. It involves sending a letter saying that you want to opt out of arbitration. The clause is usually within the mass of text and not easy to find, but it’s there.
I hope he wins, but I’m guessing first thing they’re doing is saying “He signed a forced arbitration clause, and here’s the 42 places in the ToS where he signed that he was okay with it”, and the judge will throw it out
Private contracts do not override state and federal law
For this guy hopefully he proves that. For any of us regular folks what you’re saying may be true, but would bankrupt us trying to prove our case.
Forced arbitration illegal when?
A lot of arbitration clauses can be opted out of. This was the case with most of my credit card agreements when I was reading through them. It involves sending a letter saying that you want to opt out of arbitration. The clause is usually within the mass of text and not easy to find, but it’s there.
A lot of arbitration clauses are thrown out by courts once they manage to get it in front of a real judge and not a paid stooge. The feeling you get when the arbitrator goes against the company paying them though.
not soon enough my friend. My work just tried to get me to sign one. Luckily it was optional, but holy fuck